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Ground texture question

GilgamGilgam
in Mapping with ProFantasy's Software
I have been trying to do a fantasy map with DD3. I would like to know how can I get ground textures like the ones you see on www.profantasy.com, on the scroll down menu to see the maps. The miniature battle map.

Thanks :)
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  • MonsenMonsen Administrator 🖼️ 81 images Cartographer
    That is the "Dirt and Grass Light Bitmap". This is a standard fill style, and should be available in the regular DD3 templates. This bitmap is actually installed along with CC3 itself, in #Bitmaps\Tiles\Dungeon\CC3\Dirt and Grass Light_VL.PNG, so you don't even need DD3 to have it accessible.
    Do note that a battle map is pretty far zoomed in, which can make the fill style appear pretty different from viewing it on a zoomed out 1000x800 dungeon for example.

    The map itself is from the September 2008 Annual, but as stated, the background fill style is available even without this.
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  • GilgamGilgam
    Ok. This is probably a real newbie question but it seems that for me to have the .bmp in an acceptable resolution I need to create maps less than 200x100. Am I doing something wrong ?

    Thanks for you reply/help.
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  • GilgamGilgam
    Nevermind, I have figured it out. The more I zoom out on a large map the less beautiful are the .bmp.
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  • TobyToby
    In the same vein, is there a way to change all of the bitmap fills to use something other than the VL versions of the fills? I'm finding that the VH version produces a much nicer map at the scale I will use it on MapTools than the VL fills. Manually changing them all each time I want to make a new map will be a pain.

    Toby
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  • MonsenMonsen Administrator 🖼️ 81 images Cartographer
    edited January 2012
    CC3 uses the correct one automatically. Even if the fill is linked to the VL file, CC3 will pick an appropriate one from the VL, L, H and VH versions, depending on your zoom level.
    To force CC3 to use a specific resolution, Click Display Speed settings image and set an appropriate resolution.
    Posted By: TobyManually changing them all each time I want to make a new map will be a pain.
    This is what you have templates for. If you ever need to make a change that should appear in all new maps, change the template instead, either by modifying the original, or by creating your own copy of it and modifying that.
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